Take It From the Tap!
Take it from the Tap began as an internal City employee outreach effort in 2008. Employees were given stainless steel reusable bottles which reduced the amount of one-time use plastic water bottles purchased within the City while promoting Santa Rosa tap water (the cost of the bottles was offset by the cost of bottled water). Not only did this encourage employees to give up their plastic bottles, City Council started using pitchers and glassware which replaced bottled water previously purchased for meetings.
In 2009 the Project Development Team decided to make this program public and began doing outreach at various events including the Downtown Santa Rosa Market. On April 17th, 2010 at the City's 1st Annual Earth Day Fair the team unveiled this program to the public with a brand new logo and stainless steel reusable bottles. Residents were asked to take a short survey which helped to engage conversation and provide education on tap and bottled water.
Why Take It From The Tap?
- For $1.50, you can buy one 16-oz plastic bottle of water.
- OR you can buy over 250 GALLONS of fresh high quality Santa Rosa tap water!
- By reusing a stainless steel bottle, you avoid buying (and tossing) an average of 400 disposable plastic bottles each year.
- And you won't be exposed to chemicals that can leach from plastic bottles.
Save money Reduce waste Protect resources
Did you know that EPA rules & regulations are stricter for tap water than bottled water?
Santa Rosa tap water meets or exceeds all State and Federal Standards. In fact we perform (and pass) over 2000 laboratory tests of our water each year!
For more information on City tap please visit Water Quality.